Caption

Excerpt from the photo: At the Berlin Reichstag, May 2, 1945, three Soviet soldiers hoist the flag of the Soviet Union. Retouched The watch on the right wrist was scraped out. The picture became an icon and symbol of the victory over National Socialism

Date

May 01, 1945

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jewgeni Chaldej/Sammlung E.Volland & H.Krimmer

Reference

BRK26B84_455

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17.6Mb (745.5Kb) / 8.7in x 7.9in / 2598 x 2362 (300dpi)

Keywords

symbol clock time of day time building square city urban Second World War national socialism history photo soldier army world war dictatorship parliament politics victory two three month end wrist Berlin German Reichstag Building picture government Europe government building historic legislative building military Soviet flag old town national socialistic political capital city extremism extremist european hoist fascism Bundestag regime contemporary history right-wing extremism icon racism xenophobia Germany Third Reich Government District Soviet Union military affairs surrender Bundestag building Berlin-Mitte right-wing extremist Republic Square Downtown Central Europe 1939-1945 Nazi regime Historic quarter 3rd Reich End of the war May watch structure place town urban environment World War II NS photograph win 2 3 Reichstag image historical parliament building banner historic center German Parliament German Federal Republic Nazi Germany USSR capitulation Berlin Mitte right-wing Platz der Republik midtown Middle Europe NS-Regime Historic district construction municipal World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII WW 2 historic centre pull up German Bundestag racist Republic of Germany Government Quarter city center Nazi dictatorship historic city center FRG city centre historic city centre town center historic old town lift Town centre historical old town Inner city old city Inner town old district Old town area symbols clocks times of day buildings squares cities photos soldiers world wars dictatorships parliaments victories months ends wrists pictures governments government buildings legislative buildings flags old towns hoisting regimes icons government districts surrenders Bundestag buildings Historic quarters watches places photographs images historically Historic districts constructions pulling up BRD old historic town lifting Platz Berlin's government's Europe's historical image history image history images Altstadt capital capitals hoists winning historic part udssr Berlin Mitte district pulls up in the centre of lifts